A Randomized Controlled Trial of Folate Supplementation When Treating Malaria in Pregnancy with Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine

OBJECTIVES: Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is an antimalarial drug that acts on the folate metabolism of the malaria parasite. We investigated whether folate (FA) supplementation in a high or a low dose affects the efficacy of SP for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in pregnant women. DESIGN:...

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Autores principales: Ouma, Peter, Parise, Monica E, Hamel, Mary J, ter Kuile, Feiko O., Otieno, Kephas, Ayisi, John G, Kager, Piet A, Steketee, Richard W, Slutsker, Laurence, van Eijk, Anna M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1617124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17053829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pctr.0010028

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1617124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17053829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pctr.0010028

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